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title: שָׁגַח — gaze · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁגַח (7688), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: gaze. BDB 1906: vb. gaze. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁגַח

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«שָׁגַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gaze** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 7688 · **BDB:** שָׁגַח

### Glosses

\[he.is\].gazing (1); he.gazes (1); they.will.stare (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gaze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gaze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gaze (NH id., Ecclus 40:29; 50:5; late Rabb. הַשְׁגָּחָה = providence (from ψ 33:14); J Aram. שְׁגַח gaze, consider);—c. אֶל־ pers.: Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁגִּיחַ ψ 33:14 (of י׳; מִן loc.); Impf. 3 mpl. רֹאֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ יַשְׁגִּיחוּ Is 14:16 they that see thee, at thee shall they gaze (‖ אֵלֶיךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ; cf. משגיח על שלחן Ecclus 40:29); abs.: Pt. מַשְׁגִּיחַ Ct 2:9 (c. מִן from (the outside of) the windows).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁגַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 33:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.14/)

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מִֽמְּכוֹן־שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ אֶ֖ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* from the.place of his.dwelling he.gazes to all the.inhabitants of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

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[Isaiah 14:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.16/)

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רֹאֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ הֲזֶ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ מַרְגִּ֣יז הָאָ֔רֶץ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].see.you to you they.will.stare to you they.will.consider.carefully \[is\] this? the man \[who\].made.tremble the earth \[who\].made.shake kingdoms

*JPS 1917:* They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

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